Firearms and Use of Force Training and Consulting

EMANUEL KAPELSOHN, President of The Peregrine Corporation,
is an internationally-recognized firearms and use of force training consultant.
Since 1980, he has instructed thousands of police and security officers,
federal agents, military personnel and civilians throughout the United States
and abroad. The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery describes him
as “one of the most qualified people in the business,” while
Felter’s Police Defensive Handgun Use and Encounter Tactics
ranks him as one of the country’s “most talented” defensive
firearms instructors.

Holding degrees from Yale University (with honors) and Harvard Law School,
Mr. Kapelsohn is a practicing trial attorney in addition to his firearms
consulting, and has been an adjunct instructor in the Criminal Justice Department at Indiana University. Certified as a firearms instructor by the FBI, NRA, Glock,
H&K, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and others, he is a vice president
and director of the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms
Instructors, Chairman of its Firearms Training Criteria Committee, was formerly a member of the Police Marksman Association National Advisory Board and Technical Editor of The Police Marksman, and a charter member and staff instructor of the American Society of Law Enforcement
Trainers. He holds expert ratings with rifle, shotgun and submachine gun,
a distinguished expert rating with pistol and revolver, and was an “A”
Class IPSC combat pistol competitor. Also certified as an instructor in
police defensive tactics, handgun retention, baton, pepper spray, less
lethal impact munitions, Taser, psycho-motor skill design, police use
of force and FATS, and as an executive protection specialist, he has expertise
in the full range of use of force topics, and is a featured presenter
at national and international law enforcement instructor conferences.

Mr. Kapelsohn’s activities also include litigation consulting and
expert testimony in both civil and criminal cases involving firearms and
the use of force. He has testified in state and federal courts throughout
the U.S., and by invitation before both houses of Congress. He also serves
as a consultant to cities, states, federal agencies and other governmental
entities with regard to design, review and implementation of use of force
policies, training curriculum and programs, response to critical incidents,
and risk management issues. He has authored over 100 articles appearing
in such publications as Law and Order, Security Management, and Law
Enforcement Technology, and was formerly Technical Editor of The
Police Marksman and Editor of The Firearms Instructor. He is
Associate Editor of Standards & Practices Reference Guide for Law
Enforcement Firearms Instructors, principal author of Firearms Training
Standards for Law Enforcement Personnel, and author of the IALEFI
Guidelines for Simulation Training Safety.

Mr. Kapelsohn was chief instructor and a designer of the NRA’s
Law Enforcement Semi-Automatic Pistol Instructor Seminars held throughout
the country, helped develop and was chief instructor for Mossberg’s
shotgun armorer program, developed and taught armorer and instructor classes
for Para-Ordnance and Kimber pistols, and was a consultant to Glock from
1987-1993, helping to develop and conduct its widely acclaimed armorer
and firearms instructor courses nationally and abroad. In addition to
handgun and armorer training, he conducts a variety of courses with shotgun,
submachine gun, countersniper and patrol rifle, less lethal impact munitions,
and OC aerosols, classes for executive protection and corporate/industrial
security personnel, as well as for executives and dignitaries themselves.
While living in Pennsylvania he served as a special deputy sheriff and firearms instructor with the Berks County Sheriff's Department, and as an instructor at the Allentown Police Academy. He is currently an active reserve deputy in Greene County, Indiana.
Agencies for which he has trained instructors
or users include the New York, Louisiana and Oregon State Police, Missouri
Highway Patrol, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, North Carolina Justice
Academy, Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officers Education & Training
Commission, BATF, and the police departments of Washington, D.C., Miami,
Baltimore, Jacksonville, Philadelphia, Seattle, Phoenix, Tacoma, Salt
Lake City, Toronto, Trenton, Jersey City, Calgary, Barbados, Virgin Islands,
Atlantic City, and many others. He has been a consultant to federal, state
and local law enforcement agencies, and to leading firearms manufacturers,
on the design and selection of firearms, instructional materials, product
literature and training programs. He also regularly consults with regard
to written firearms and use of force policies, training and qualification
standards, and firearms safety issues.

Consulting to cities, states, and governmental entities regarding
development, review and implementation of use of force policies, law enforcement
training programs and issues, response to critical incidents, and risk management.

Consulting to law enforcement and security agencies regarding selection
of firearms and related equipment; design and implementation of training
programs; safety surveys and safety protocols; qualification standards;
development and review of written departmental firearms and use of force
policies; and evaluation of specific use of force incidents and firearms
accidents.

Authoring articles and longer works for publication in the field
of firearms, firearms use and tactics.

News & Events

New Address. After five good years in Indiana, we have returned to Pennsylvania. Our new contact information is: The Peregrine Corporation, 1771 Creekview Dr., Fogelsville, PA 18051, Phone 484-504-1345, Cell 610-360-7053, email peregrine@ptd.net

Legal & Practical Aspects of Self-Defense with Firearms. Hellertown Sportsmen's Association, Hellertown, PA. June 8, 2013. This class will cover the legal elements of
justifiable use of deadly force in self-defense, as well as practical issues before, during and after a self-defense shooting. Topics addressed will be training, equipment,
threat avoidance and threat assessment, tactics in the home and on the street, action v. reaction,, time v. distance, interfacing with the police, the media, and the legal
system, warning shots, verbal warnings, and much, much more. For more information or to register, contact Jim Bambu at 610-442-7193. There will also be an advanced class on this same subject on August 17, 2013.
For information, email peregrine@ptd.net.

IALEFI Regional Training Conference: Manny Kapelsohn is organizing, and will be teaching at, an IALEFI RTC at Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg,
PA on June 24-26, 2013. For details, contact the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors (IALEFI) at 603-524-8787, or www.ialefi.com.
If you are a law enforcement firearms instructor, or interested in law enforcement firearms instruction, and are not a member of IALEFI, you should be!

POLICE FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR COURSE. June 8-12, 2015. Martinsburg, PA. This 5-day, 44-hour course will certify the successful attendee as a police firearms
instructor for handgun and shotgun. Course includes two evenings of dim-light firing. The lead instructor is Emanuel Kapelsohn. The student will need to fire daylight and dim-light qualification scores, do student teaching in classroom and on the range, and pass a written test. Course fee is $595. Register early – the last course we taught at this location was overbooked. Contact Chief Kerry L. Hoover at chiefhoover@martinsburgpa.org for a course flier and registration form, or call him at 814-793-2838.